{"id":10262,"date":"2026-03-02T05:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/xrp-price-upside-threatened-as-1-42-emerges-key-resistance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T05:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:11:03","slug":"xrp-price-upside-threatened-as-1-42-emerges-key-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/xrp-price-upside-threatened-as-1-42-emerges-key-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP Price Upside Threatened as $1.42 Emerges Key Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>XRP price started a recovery wave above $1.3820 but failed near $1.420. The price is now consolidating and might aim for a fresh move above $1.420.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XRP price started a recovery wave above the $1.3820 zone.<\/li>\n<li>The price is now trading below $1.3880 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.<\/li>\n<li>There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $1.360 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair (data source from Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair could continue to move up if it settles above $1.40.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>XRP Price Faces Resistance<\/h2>\n<p>XRP price remained supported above $1.30 and started a recovery wave, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price was able to climb above $1.3250 and $1.350 to enter a short-term positive zone.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a move above the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.4936 swing high to the $1.2702 low. Besides, there was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $1.360 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p>The bulls even pushed the price above $1.3820 but they struggled to keep the price above $1.40. The price is now trading below $1.3880 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If there is a fresh upward move, the price might face resistance near the $1.3820 level.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-884625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/XRP_Price.png?resize=1024%2C512\" alt=\"XRP Price \" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first major resistance is near the $1.4080 level or the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.4936 swing high to the $1.2702 low. \u00a0A close above $1.4080 could send the price to $1.420. The next hurdle sits at $1.440. A clear move above the $1.440 resistance might send the price toward the $1.4550 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $1.50 resistance.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Drop?<\/h2>\n<p>If XRP fails to clear the $1.4080 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.340 level. The next major support is near the $1.3220 level.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a downside break and a close below the $1.3220 level, the price might continue to decline toward $1.30. The next major support sits near the $1.2880 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $1.2720.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Indicators<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD for XRP\/USD is now losing pace in the bullish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for XRP\/USD is now above the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $1.340 and $1.3220.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $1.3820 and $1.4080.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRP price started a recovery wave above $1.3820 but failed near $1.420. The price is now consolidating and might aim for a fresh move above $1.420. XRP price started a recovery wave above the $1.3820 zone. The price is now trading below $1.3880 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[151,150,152,153,154],"class_list":["post-10262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-xrp","tag-ripple","tag-xrp","tag-xrpbtc","tag-xrpusd","tag-xrpusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}